• Identify the child’s current grade level. It is recommended to select a child at grade level Kg, 1, or 2.
• Administer the graded word list that determines at what grade level the student should begin reading the oral passage (Located in this module).
• Begin with the word list two levels below his or her own present grade level. For example, if a child is in the first grade, then, you should administer the word list entitled Preprimer, which is two levels below the present grade level of a child. Depending on the edition of the text, there may not be a PrePrimer list. In this case, you should begin with the Primer even though it may not be two levels below of the current grade level of the child. Please note that for grades 2 and 3, there are two lists. The first one is administered in the fall and the second in the spring.
• The highest grade level at which the student has no errors on the graded word list is the grade level at which he or she begins reading the oral passage (p. 352).
• While a child is reading the IRI, you should record the child’s responses on the line next to the each word the child is reading.
• Once you have identified the level you should start to administer the reading passage, you should administer the first oral reading and then silent reading passage
